Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,410, Solomon Ferre, Mass.

SERVICE
2 Jerre, Solomon
NUMBER
S. 30,410
CONTENTS

10488 Massachusetts
Simon Ferris
of Springfield in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bliss of the Regt commanded by Col. _____ in the Mass line for 6 months
82 Hampden
Will
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of April 1833 and Sgt. William Springfield Massachusetts
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $41.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. „ 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. C. G. [Signature] Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 24

8940
Solomon Ferrre
Paid 6 Months
C. & H. Interrogatories in the May Not Pumphouse suit Nov 29 1832
P 114.
J. Willard Springfield Mass

8940
BRIEF in the case of  Solomon Ferris of Springfield  in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Entd. In 1777 — 6 — As a Gen. Col Pideon Gurt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Springfield Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Pray
Examining Clerk.

Solomon Tern 89406 months
89406 months

Commonwealth of Mass ts } 88: County of Hampshire
On this fourth  twenty seventh day of September , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared Solomon Ferrr a resident of Springfield in said County, before the Supreme Judicial  Probate Court now held at said Springfield within & for said County, being a court of record, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - that he is eighty years of age - That he entered the service of the United States at Springfield aforesaid in the month of June A D 1777 to answer a requisition upon the Mass ts Militia, that his Off ce Company Officers were Capt Gideon Root of Longmeadow in said County - Lieut s Solomon Brewer of said Springfield & Miles who came here to S d Springfield from the County of Hampshire with a small file of men, that the term of his engagement in the service aforesaid was six months & that he served out that full period on guard duty at the Arsenal at said Springfield belonging to the United States & was discharged by verbal authority at said Springfield on the first day of January A D 1778 - he has no documentary evidence of said service - but offers the deposition of James Hebbins & Lewis White, who were with him in said service - he does not know what Regiment his Company was attached to, nor the names of the Field Officers - He was born in S d Springfield 26 th Sep r 1752 and in S d Springfield He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Solomon Ferrr
We the subscribers, Samuel Osgood a Clergyman & Justin Lombard residing in the Town of Springfield aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Ferrr who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Samuel Osgood Justin Lombard

And the said Court, Present the Hon Oliver B. Morris Judge, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
And the said Court further certifies that Samuel Osgood D.D. who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Springfield in said County of Hampden - & that Justin Lombard who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of Springfield & is a deacon of the Church and a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Ferris for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Justin Willard Register

30 410 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30 410
Solomon Herre
Rev Rev War
Act: June 19 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Solomon Terre, dul n
8940

Solomon Ferris additional declaration
Solomon Ferris who has signed & made oath to the annexed declaration made on the 27 th day of September  August 1832 in order to obtain his pension. now being duly sworn doth further testify and declare that he has in his said original declaration named all the Company Officers under whom he served in the Revolutionary War, & he further states that there were at said Springfield, the post where he served no regimental Officers. That it was at the early part  early part of the war, & that the said company in which he enlisted was raised by Capt. Gideon Root for the purpose of guarding the Military public stores at said Springfield. Said stores were in different places, some in the old Post Court House now used as a Parish House. Some lay in the street, a magazine & Laboratory were soon built on the Hill where the U.S. Arsenal now is, & the stores deposited therein. His said Company was not to his knowledge, attached to any regiment. He further states that by reason of age & infirmity his memory has become greatly impaired, & he can not now from his own recollection mention the names of Regiments, continental or State, which were then in service, at other places, nor the names of any General Officers whom he can state with certainty to have been any where in service at that time . He recollects the surrender of Burgoyne distinctly but can not locate or define specify any of the events of the war, as to the precise time & place where they took place, he thinks the surrender of Burgoyne was during the year some period of the time when this Declarant was on duty at said Springfield — This Declarant never received any written discharge — neither did he ever receive a commission. He further states that he is well known to

The Rev Samuel Osgood & Justin Lombard who have testified to his reputation of service - also to the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Judge of Probate, Daniel Lombard Esq. & many others all of said Springfield who if desired can testify to the same fact Solomon Foss
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Hampden } ss.
On this ninth day of January A 1833 Solomon Foss above named personally appeared before me & subscribed and made oath to the above additional declaration & I do further certify that I am well acquainted with said Foss & that he sustains a good character for honesty & truth
Oliver B. Morris Solomon Foss Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Hampden } ss.
Justin Willard Clarke The Court of Probate within & for said County of Hampden, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court & that the name Oliver B. Morris subscribed to the preceding certificate is his proper hand writing.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this ninth day of January A 1833 Justin Willard Clarke

I James Stebbins of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age on oath do testify depose & say that I have long known Solomon Farn of Springfield in said County - that he entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the revolution in the month of June A 1777 at said Springfield under Capt Gideon Root of Longmeadow & Lieut Solomon Drown of said Springfield for the term of six months & served out that full period at the United States Arsenal at said Springfield on guard & other duty - that said enlistment was to answer a requisition upon the Militia of Massachusetts & that he was verbally discharged by his Capt at said Springfield on the first day of January A 1778 1778 at the end of said Period of six months - I served in the same Company with said Farn during the whole of said Period. James Stebbins
Hampden ss July 18 th A 1832 Then James Stebbins abovenamed personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition as his free act and deed before me
Justin Willard
Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Justice Willard Esqr before whom the above and annexed depositions were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that his name subscribed is his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Lewis White of Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do on oath testify depose & say that I have long known Solomon Ferris of said Springfield - that he entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the revolution in the month of June A 1777 at said Springfield under Capt Elisha Durt of Longmeadow - & Lieut Solomon Brown of said Springfield, for the term of six months & served out that full period at said the United States Arsenal at said Springfield on guard station duty - That said enlistment was under a requisition upon the Militia of Mass ts & that he was verbally discharged by his Capt. at said Springfield on the first of January A the 1778 at the end of said six months & that I served in the same Company with said Ferris during the whole period aforesaid
Lewis White
Hampden ss: July 18 th 1832 Then Lewis White above named personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me
Justin Willard
Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Mass ts ss - January 9 th A 1833 County of Hampshire ss
I Justin Willard the Magistrate before shown the two preceding Depositions viz: of James Stebbins and Lewis White were executed do now further certify that the said James Stebbins and Lewis White are persons of good character for integrity & for truth & that they & each of them are credible witnesses
Justin Willard
Justice of the Peace

8960
Solomon Herre
J. Millard Coy Springfield MS

89210
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Solomon Ferris of Springfield Mass.
which require further proof or explanation.
 I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes  II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes  III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes  V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes  VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no  VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes  VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes  IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes  X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes 

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
# XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
# XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  no no —
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5th & 6th yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
He believes the papers are now made right & they are again forwarded to the Dept.